The Best Of Both Worlds

The brilliant Sami submitted a recipe for the oatmeal contest that I simply could not wait to try – Sunny Side Oats! In her entry Sami wrote that she was surprised that more people didn’t enjoy the combo of oats + egg together – she’s totally right. It’s the best of both worlds: filling, voluminous oats as whole grains with the stay power you get from eggs in protein and fat. I don’t really like eggs in the morning, but only because I always want a bowl of grains – combining them gives me both! While I’ve put egg whites in oatmeal before, I never thought of playing around with a yolk. The whites just disappear so it’s kind of pointless to add them, but I liked being able to eat the egg as an egg. This combo will definitely be going into my rotations!

Sami’s recipe includes fresh basil and gruyere cheese. I used a little shredded cheddar + mozzarella under my egg. I also made a 1/2 cup portion of oats AND added wheatberries (because I was starving when I woke up) but I think it would be better with a 1/3 cup portion, as this bowl was almost over-the-top filling.

The combo:

1/2 cup oats

1/2 cup skim

1/2 cup water

Pinch salt

1/4 cup wheatberries

1 egg, cooked sunny side up with a soft yolk

About 2 tbsp fancy shredded 2% cheese

Fresh basil

Hot sauce (the husband covered his in hot sauce – that’s too much savory for me in the mornings!)

MY OTHER RECIPES

After poking the egg yolk and letting it run throughout – YUMMMMMMMMM! (Of course you could cook it completely too if you’re not a fan of yolk).

Plus tea made with skim milk –

Thanks Sami for the idea!

Not sure what’s in store for my day – I have no formal plans. I think I’m going to sort through some of our bookshelves and take some stuff to GoodWill. And I’ll be hitting the gym at some point. Dinner’s up in the air too!

i’m confused why you say that the whites disappear so it’s pointless to add them…
aren’t the whites the good part of the egg with all the protein? and even if they do disappear, wouldn’t you still want to have them there anyway?

I think I know what Kath means when she says that egg white disappear in the oatmeal. I always make oatmeal with EWs just to get the protein, but even if I whip them up to a meringue, and cook them into the oatmeal, they just seem to flop down from what started as a huge amount of volume! I usually add cinnamon & stevia to make it sweet and yummy. I will try the savory version though as it sounds like a whole new experience!! I do WISH there was a way to make the egg whites STAY big and fluffy with the oatmeal so that they could be eaten out of a HUGE bowl with a spoonful of PB or AB—mmmm!!! ANy thoughts on how this could be accomplished? (having the eggs not flop?)

I may have to try that….tomorrow! Have you ever made custard oatmeal before? Use 1 cup milk of choice, 1 egg, 1/2 cup oats and a pinch of salt. You whisk the milk and egg and add in the oats and put over medium heat. Stir constantly until thickened. This is very filling and I usually can only eat about half. Dear husband can eat it all. I like to top with with banana and honey. Yum!

I always add just a plain egg white to my oatmeal for the extra protein you can barely taste it.. This is a nice take on a savory breakfast with all the food groups but I have to sayI like sweets more for breakfast!

Hey Kath, I just went down and read last nights post and couldn’t help but notice the picture of the fridge leftovers with plastic wrap on them…I’m not sure exactly what the reason is but I know it is pretty unsafe to store canned food in the can themselves and that you should empty them into a bowl or something. In fact I am taking food sanitation and safety right now and there is a whole chapter on how to store canned foods, just wanted to let you know you may want to rethink this method 🙂

Kath – just read Model Behaviour’s comment and I hadn’t spotted that but I was always under the impression that you shouldn’t store open tinned cans as they oxidise in the air and can (apparently) cause poisoning – although it doesn’t seem to have affected you!!! That’s what my mum told me (the fountain of ALL knowledge – ha ha, i’ll never tell her that though!).

Am soooo excited to see what wins the contest!! After seeing Sami’s entry I don’t think any of my creations will stand up to it.. I don’t any are creative enough – boo. But you definitely have to post at least the top ten just to give me some new ideas!!!

I can’t decide what I think of that egg/oatmeal combo… I hate sweets at breakfast and find that while often oatmeal *sounds* like a yummy breakfast, about halfway through it’s making me gag. But I love the eggs and basil idea for breakfast…and know I should eat more grains like oatmeal… so I will give this a try! Thanks for the concept!

haya ,
What I meant was that I don’t really add the egg for protein because I want more protein, so if I add something I want to taste it. I don’t want something that’s flavor will just disappear. That’s why this morning’s combo was such a fun find – I got to taste all of the egg and all of the oats.

C,
I haven’t done it with a whole egg, only whites. Sounds good though – is is much different from regular oatmeal?

ModelBehavior and Jo,
Thanks for the info – someone told me that last night as well. I think storing things in cans is gross so I usually do put things in tupperware but since we knew we’d be using these the next day we just kept them in. I doubt 1 day will hurt, but surely for a long period I would switch them.

When I could eat oats (I’m a Celiac now and can’t), I would add cottage cheese to my oatmeal. Cook oats as usual (if adding cc, I typically didn’t use all water) than stir in 1/2 c. cottage cheese and cook for another 20-30 seconds in the microwave or a minute or so on the stove. I usually flavored my oatmeal the same whether I added the cottage cheese or not, but it’s a fantastic low-cal source of protein, gives the oats a really creamy, delicious consistency and nearly doubles the bowl – volume eater’s delight!

[Thought about submitting this to the contest, but as I can’t eat it, I thought it would be rather silly for me to buy oats just to prepare them, take a picture, and then throw away! 🙂 ]

C- the custard oatmeal sounds really yummy and rich in a good way. I can’t wait to try it both ways- sunny side up and mixed in.

Kath…A friend of mine used to cut up hard boiled egg-whites and add them to her oatmeal. I wouldn’t say it’s voluminous, but it does add the protein. and I suppose that you would be able to taste the egg whites that way. Just a thought.

C- egg custard oatmeal report: I HAD to try it as my late PM snack and it was really yummy…now I hope that it holds me really well til our late dinner and then it could become a favorite. My bro is visiting me and came out and asked what kind of crack cocaine concoction I was making in the kitchen (in other words it smelled amazing!). Thanks so much for that recipe.